Hall's 764 leads Corning to 7-0 start

Wednesday

Dec 18, 2013 at 9:43 PMDec 18, 2013 at 9:43 PM

The Leader staff

EAST CORNING — Led by a career-best series from Ben Hall, Corning made a clean sweep against Maine-Endwell in Wednesday’s STAC bowling match. Hall rolled a 764 series with highs game scores of 259, 256 and 249 to pace the undefeated Corning boys team, which won 5-0 with a 605 series from Ben Toby, a 600 from Donovan Austin-Reed and Conor LeBarron finished with a 585 series, that included games of 231 and 213. “Hall was on fire, the kid really bowled well today,” said Corning coach Eric Kizis. “It was a great way to go into the break.” The Corning boys have a combined 32-3 game record this season. The girls swept the Spartans 5-0, led by Hailey Blencowe’s 630 series with games of 256 and 197, while Julie Collins rolled a 180 game, Kiana Lisi enjoyed a 186 and Amanda Becker finished with a 222 game. Both the boys (7-0) and girls (3-4) will visit Midway Lanes on Jan. 6 for a match against Vestal.

Boys basketball SCAA Campbell-Savona 46, Avoca 25 CAMPBELL — Troy Robbins scored a game-high 18 points to go along with five steals Wednesday, leading Campbell-Savona to its second straight win at home. Ryan Dilly scored 12 points with seven rebounds and three assists for the Panthers (2-4), while Nick Cantineri scored five points and Shaun Miller chipped in two points to go along with five rebounds. “I thought Avoca did a good job of taking Ryan Dilly out of his rhythm early, and that let Troy Robbins step up and as the game unfolded we got contributions from everybody,” said C-S coach Colin Wright. Avoca was led by Skylar Clark’s six points and five from Jack Dgien. The Panthers will visit Canisteo-Greenwood on Friday.

Hammondsport 64, Addison 35

HAMMONDSPORT -- Trenton Kolo had a 20-point, 14-rebound double-double to help lead the Lakers past Addison 64-35 Wednesday.

Kolo scored 10 points in the first quarter as Hammondsport grabbed a 21-12 lead. Teammate Jordan Schuck netted seven points in the quarter. Schuck finished with 12 points and 10 assists for his double-double.

"We went inside early and used Kolo's size," said Hammondsport coach Jon Lowin.

Addison was led by 18 points from Jordan Povoski.

Hammondsport will host Fillmore at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.

Girls Basketball STAC Horseheads 58, Vestal 32 HORSEHEADS — Amanda Schiefen scored 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds Tuesday to lead Horseheads to a convincing 58-32 victory over previously-unbeaten Vestal. Jen LaViola contributed with 12 points, six steals and five assists for the Blue Raiders and teammate Ellie Leszyk added nine points and five assists. “I was really happy – (Vestal was) undefeated and returned a lot of players from last year,” Horseheads coach Andy Scott said. “I thought our girls did a great job of coming out and setting the tone. I thought we shared the ball well and played fantastic defense.” The Blue Raiders bolted out to a 15-2 lead after the opening quarter and expanded their lead to 29-12 at halftime. Horseheads (3-1) will play at Corning at 7:15 p.m. Friday.

LCAA Bath 61, Letchworth 25 LETCHWORTH – A big third quarter helped Bath Haverling drop Letchworth 61-25 Tuesday. The Rams led 19-13 at intermission before outscoring the Indians 24-5 to open the second half. “We had an extremely slow start which is something we’ll have to improve on,” Bath head coach Randy Abrams said. “We settled in and shot the ball well in the second half.” Madelyn Czajkowski led the offensive charge for the Rams, netting five 3-pointers on her way to a 20-point evening. Mackenzie Smith scored 15 points and Jadyn Abrams chipped in with 12 points. Angela Binkowski led the team with eight rebounds. Bath will host Livonia on Dec. 20.

IAC Tioga 38, Odessa-Montour 34 TIOGA — Taylor Ayres scored nine points to lead Tioga to a 38-34 win over Odessa-Montour Tuesday. Odessa-Montour’s Gillian Clark led all scorers with 15 points and also pulled down six rebounds. O-M (0-5) will play at Spencer-Van Etten 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Swimming SCAA Addison 97, Campbell-Savona 89 ADDISON — Jared Baker put together a quadruple-win effort Tuesday to lead Addison to a 97-89 win over Campbell-Savona. Baker picked up individual wins in the 100 freestyle (58.54 seconds) and 50 freestyle (24.83), while helping the Knights capture relay wins in the 200 medley relay and 200 free relay. Ben Hamilton was also in on both relay wins for the Knights and placed first in the 100 breaststroke (1:17.52).

Wrestling SCAA Addison 48, Arkport 30 ADDISON – The Knights rallied from a 30-6 deficit to defeat Arkport 48-30 Wednesday at Addison Square Garden. Jacob Miller gave Addison (6-2, 2-0) the early 6-0 lead with a first-period pin, before the Blue Jays rattled off five straight pin victories from Xavier Zaldivar, Mike Adler, Austin Plank, Dan Jackson and Gar Shatain. Addison’s Elam Byler stopped the bleeding with an 11-9 overtime win over Phil Hurlburt. “At 152 pounds we needed a win and Elam came through versus a tough kid,” Addison head coach Frank Bielski said. “We got the momentum and came back from there.” Addison closed the match with wins from Israel Byler, Cody Owens, Ward Hively, Brian Teeter, Logan Windnagle and Steve Thompson. The Knights will compete in the Campbell-Savona Duals on Friday and Saturday.

STAC Maine-Endwell 42, Corning 26 ENDWELL – Maine-Endwell earned five pinfall victories in its 42-26 win over Corning Tuesday. The Hawks got pins from Mike Bilby at 182 pounds and Nathan Webster at 285, as well as a technical fall from Charles Kennedy at 126 pounds. Blake Abbey (113) got a decision for Corning. Corning will take part in the Jarvis Memorial Tournament in Athens (Pa.) on Saturday.